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thanks, john. >>> president obama is using a white house address today to push congress for a one-year extension of tax cuts for the middle class only. republicans want to extend those cuts for all americans. meantime mitt romney's campaign is calling renewed criticism of the republican candidate's personal finances, quote, desperate character attacks. >>> today hollywood remembers film legend ernest borgnine. the beloved gap toothed academy award winner died sunday. borgnine was best known for his role in "mchale's navy" and "from here to eternity." borgnine was 95 years old. >>> tennis crowned two new champions, swiss star roger federer claiming his record tying seventh record sunday. he defeated andy murray, the first british monday for 75 year years. serena wins and teamed up with sister venus for the couples competition. >>> america loves spidey, the top grossing box office, $65 million, second, "ted" and "brave" third. >>> a sweeping view, a beautiful panorama of the martian winter. 817 images. opportunity has been collecting data on mars since 2004. that is stunning. eight minut
thanks, john. >>> president obama is using a white house address today to push congress for a one-year extension of tax cuts for the middle class only. republicans want to extend those cuts for all americans. meantime mitt romney's campaign is calling renewed criticism of the republican candidate's personal finances, quote, desperate character attacks. >>> today hollywood remembers film legend ernest borgnine. the beloved gap toothed academy award winner died sunday. borgnine...
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president obama tried out his closing campaign argument in delray beach, charging mitt romney cannot be trusted. >> everything he is doing right now is to hide his real position and try to win this election. florida, you know me. you can trust that i say what i mean. >> but at the debate, the president's mulct mitt romney concerns about the shrinking u.s. navy. >> governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. >> he keeps taking cheap shots. that is not presidential. >> but mitt romney held his ground. >> i don't see our influence growing around the world, i see it reseeding. >> i think mitt romney had a tactical decision to look presidential, look above the fray. that was obviously an appeal toward moderate women and in general.s >> 1 floridians who said he was leaning toward romney now says he is leaning away. >> it is definitely a coin toss. >> the election looks like a coin toss. mitt romney when the key swing state, nevada. the battleground map still seems to favor obama. they could lose in this day, when ohio, and still win the election. >> wincome to maryland in november, t
president obama tried out his closing campaign argument in delray beach, charging mitt romney cannot be trusted. >> everything he is doing right now is to hide his real position and try to win this election. florida, you know me. you can trust that i say what i mean. >> but at the debate, the president's mulct mitt romney concerns about the shrinking u.s. navy. >> governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. >> he keeps taking cheap shots. that is not presidential....
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obama is in florida talking about medicare, calling out romney and ryan. both talking about swing state issues. not just the economy. is that what this election in the next couple of months of campaigning is going to turn into? >> i think there will be other issues, i don't think anything eclipses the economy. but medicare is another area preside important for the president. i get into this with governor romney as well. the whole pop significance for republicans, their approach in medicare is to introduce competitive bidding to drive down health care costs and ultimately save the program. this is a battle over what will ultimately save medicare. you can bet a lot of seniors are paying attention to this, even other voters in their 40s or 50s are paying attention. people depend on this program. you hear the president talk about it saying, hey, i'm going to protect the program. >> david, thanks. you can see much more of david's exclusive interview on "meet the press" later this morning. >>> we want to get a check now of the morning's other top stories. we'll
obama is in florida talking about medicare, calling out romney and ryan. both talking about swing state issues. not just the economy. is that what this election in the next couple of months of campaigning is going to turn into? >> i think there will be other issues, i don't think anything eclipses the economy. but medicare is another area preside important for the president. i get into this with governor romney as well. the whole pop significance for republicans, their approach in...
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>> all right, al. thank you. >>> now to presidential politics, new urgency on the campaign trail for both president obama and governor romney with the election just 13 days away now. nbc's peter alexander is in las vegas this morning on the campaign trail. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. a new urgency, as you noted, an accelerated pace, and these campaign's travel plans over the next 13 days says a lot about where they believe this race will be decided. the president today kick off a 48-hour, seven-state battleground blitz. he'll vote in his home state of illinois as well. mitt romney will hit several swing states before the weekend, including florida, virginia and ohio. in his first trip back to colorado since that first debate performance that shifted the course of this race, mitt romney enjoyed a political rocky mountain high tuesday night. >> we're on the home stretch now, and i think the people of colorado are going to get us all the way there. what do you t
>> all right, al. thank you. >>> now to presidential politics, new urgency on the campaign trail for both president obama and governor romney with the election just 13 days away now. nbc's peter alexander is in las vegas this morning on the campaign trail. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. a new urgency, as you noted, an accelerated pace, and these campaign's travel plans over the next 13 days says a lot about where they believe this...
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. >> unemployment is higher today than when barack obama took office. >> romney told supporters in wisconsin the president failed to deliver. >> he said that he was going to lower the unemployment rate to 5.2%. today we learned that it's actually 7.9%. that's 9 million jobs short of what he promised. >> the labor department said the unemployment rate rose 7.9%, up from 7.8% in september. but the report also showed that voters added 171,000 jobs in october and hiring is stronger than first reported in august and september. the longer term trend is also a mixed bag. >> we've got about 160,000 new jobs per month over the past two years which is enough to sort of keep pace, maybe edge unemployment down, but not enough to quickly repair the damage from the great recession. >> so what's all of this mean to the election outcome? >> most americans have already made up their minds about the candidates and certainly about the state of the economy. news from the labor department is not likely to change that. >> about 4% of likely voters remain undecided and it's not clear whether these latest numbers w
. >> unemployment is higher today than when barack obama took office. >> romney told supporters in wisconsin the president failed to deliver. >> he said that he was going to lower the unemployment rate to 5.2%. today we learned that it's actually 7.9%. that's 9 million jobs short of what he promised. >> the labor department said the unemployment rate rose 7.9%, up from 7.8% in september. but the report also showed that voters added 171,000 jobs in october and hiring is...
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the president was right. i believe as the president indicated and said at the time that i supported his action there. i congratulate him. i felt the same as the president did. >> i guess you could say it's nice to see the candidates agree about some things two weeks before election day, and the other line was one to research. i love teachers. governor romney used that phrase several times as he turned from foreign policy to domestic issues. mod raider bob schieffer quipped i think we all love teachers. no question that they both took the foreign policy debate to domestic issues. >> a programming note, brian williams is joining president obama for a series of interviews over the course of two days on the campaign trail. can you see those interviews. wednesday here on "today" and "nightly news" and thursday night on "rock center." >> meantime, we're following a lot of other stories this morning, including the fda investigating reports of five deaths that may be associated with a popular energy drink. disney's d
the president was right. i believe as the president indicated and said at the time that i supported his action there. i congratulate him. i felt the same as the president did. >> i guess you could say it's nice to see the candidates agree about some things two weeks before election day, and the other line was one to research. i love teachers. governor romney used that phrase several times as he turned from foreign policy to domestic issues. mod raider bob schieffer quipped i think we all...
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listen, joe biden right now is the republican secret weapon. this past week he talked about the fact that the past four years have been brutal for the middle class, who's been buried under obama leadership. then he promised a trillion-dollar tax increase a couple of days ago. we want more biden as republicans. more biden. >> don't underestimate joe biden and his decades of serving washington and knowing washington. paul ryan, i wish you the best of luck. >> and joe biden is a great man and we wish him well, and we hope he keeps talking a lot. >> that's your "morning joe" political wrap. >> and you can catch joe and mika weekdays at 6:00 a.m. eastern. with more now, here's lester. >>> they mentioned the latest unemployment numbers. is the economy really recovering? we're here with audio look inside the numbers. help me understand this now. the actual number of jobs added in september was not a huge increase, but we still saw this drop of the overall rate to 7.8%. how does that work? >> two big things. first of all, 86,000 more jobs were added in
listen, joe biden right now is the republican secret weapon. this past week he talked about the fact that the past four years have been brutal for the middle class, who's been buried under obama leadership. then he promised a trillion-dollar tax increase a couple of days ago. we want more biden as republicans. more biden. >> don't underestimate joe biden and his decades of serving washington and knowing washington. paul ryan, i wish you the best of luck. >> and joe biden is a great...
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. >> we're on the right track. make sure they hear our message all the way to d.c. [ cheers ] >> reporter: but the bottom line of super tuesday, despite an onslaught of ads. >> rick santorum just another washington insider. >> reporter: he still hasn't forced santorum out of the race. >> we have given up our jobs. we're living off our savings. yeah, we're making a little sacrifice for a very, very big goal. that's replacing this president on november of this year. >> reporter: a goal all four campaigns share. but romney has more work to do and will have to keep slugging it out. >> tonight we have taken one more step toward restoring the promise of tomorrow. tomorrow we wake up and we start again. >> reporter: with upcoming contests in kansas, alabama, mississippi, state where is rick santorum is expected to do well a senior santorum strategist says the santorum campaign will call on conservative and tea party voters going forward to pressure newt gingrich to leave the race, matt. today, the gingrich campaign insist
. >> we're on the right track. make sure they hear our message all the way to d.c. [ cheers ] >> reporter: but the bottom line of super tuesday, despite an onslaught of ads. >> rick santorum just another washington insider. >> reporter: he still hasn't forced santorum out of the race. >> we have given up our jobs. we're living off our savings. yeah, we're making a little sacrifice for a very, very big goal. that's replacing this president on november of this year....
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. >> if you know what's going on right now, read dickens. it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. i can show you ten polls and you'll say there is no way barack obama is going to win. and ten other polls would say mitt romney is sunk. >> an associated press poll has him up 49 to 45 with women. do you think that maybe stemmed from the debate? he was a little more moderate in the debate? how is he picking up these female voters right now? >> i have no idea. >> you're asking the wrong person. >> i have no idea. and these debates over abortion and these republican candidates who are just stepping in it on those issues, i think it's terrible timing for your party. at the same time, the polls show that mitt romney is actually gaining support among women. >> in a big way. >> i also think overall, it's still kind of convoluted enough where each side -- i can see -- the positive that i want to see, and why i think obama will win, he can probably see the other side. >> this is such a tight race. what do they need to do? what can they do a
. >> if you know what's going on right now, read dickens. it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. i can show you ten polls and you'll say there is no way barack obama is going to win. and ten other polls would say mitt romney is sunk. >> an associated press poll has him up 49 to 45 with women. do you think that maybe stemmed from the debate? he was a little more moderate in the debate? how is he picking up these female voters right now? >> i have no idea. >>...